12-12-2015, 11:29 AM
As far as the U.S. in my eastern Ohio local I don't remember seeing a freight station without a track next to it. Even today the places where the sidings were are very visible and many of the track bumpers are still in place. Even the old interurban lines had sidings at freight stations.
In this picture of the East Palestine, Ohio station taken in 1977 you can see a portion of the track that was used to unload cars directly into the station, and a team track was to the right corner of the station, evidenced by the track bumper, the other track closest to the main could hold cars to be unloaded to the walkway, or with a ramp through other cars on the track nearest the freight station which saved switching cars around. The passeger station was torn down in 1975 but we still have the freight station without tracks.
Charlie
In this picture of the East Palestine, Ohio station taken in 1977 you can see a portion of the track that was used to unload cars directly into the station, and a team track was to the right corner of the station, evidenced by the track bumper, the other track closest to the main could hold cars to be unloaded to the walkway, or with a ramp through other cars on the track nearest the freight station which saved switching cars around. The passeger station was torn down in 1975 but we still have the freight station without tracks.
Charlie